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[Q] Rom and flashing material

I am generally new (noob) if you will to dev for androids. I am rooted, over clocked, add free and other thing but what I haven't tried yet is getting new roms, kernels, etc. I would like to learn these functions so I can upgrade my phone. Does anyone have and material, websites, etc. on flashing or installing different roms that I.can look over to learn about the process and how to do it exactly? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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I can't imagine how your over clocked if u haven't flashed a different kernel. Anyways look around the general section, you may have to dig alittle but all the info your looking for is here.
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akwhite23 said:
I can't imagine how your over clocked if u haven't flashed a different kernel. Anyways look around the general section, you may have to dig alittle but all the info your looking for is here.
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You can use stock kernel and overclock at the same time.

I finally tried it last night but I.got stuck in a loop I believe.. I tried flashing thriller.. lucky I installed cwm recovery and had backed up my last phone. When I flash a.new Rom do I have to return the phone to factory settings? The tutorial I was using was for the old version on cwm recovery and didn't translate to the new one so I basically had to make an educated guess.
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This is exactly what I did. I installed cwm recovery. I.backed up my phone. I downloaded the thriller zip. Connected my.phone to computer and cut and pasted the thriller zip folder onto my SD card. I booted in cwm recovery. And clicked install from SD I found the thriller Rom and downloaded it. Once it was done I clicked re booted normally and when I did this it only showed a bunch of colors coming.g together into and x and did that for 10 minutes until I booted into cwm recovery again and restored from my latest back up. Anything I did wrong or didn't do? Any help would be appreciated.
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Yeah, I didnt figure he knew how to configure an overclock module asking all those questions.
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Not quite sure what your asking but yes if i was you when you flash a knew rom do three wipes, factory,cache,davik. if you dont it could cause boot issues.

akwhite23 said:
Yeah, I didnt figure he knew how to configure an overclock module asking all those questions.
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Not quite sure what your asking but yes if i was you when you flash a knew rom do three wipes, factory,cache,davik. if you dont it could cause boot issues.
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Extremely unnecessary wipes.
Factory reset does these three things.
Wipes /data
Wipes /cache
Wiping dalvik-cache is useless in a factory reset as "dalvik-cache" is stored in "/data".

OK so from your experience am I doing it right except for the factory wipe? Or are the wipes unnecessary? Thanks for the print responses too!
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Its important to know what version software your running. I believe the thriller rom only works on android software version 2.2 aka froyo. If your phone is running 2.3 gingerbread that would be the reason why the rom didn't work. Check in settings>aboutthisphone>androidversion to see which software you've got. I'm relatively new to all this also but I hope I helped
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ANdroid1AC said:
OK so from your experience am I doing it right except for the factory wipe? Or are the wipes unnecessary? Thanks for the print responses too!
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I'd suggest always doing a wipe when going from ROM to ROM.
This is how I do my wipes.
NANDROID current ROM
Flash new ROM
If I even see one force close, I factory reset.

@lestat.. but when I do wipe it.. doesn't it wipe the SD card too? Like when I hit factory settings does it clear SD as well?
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ANdroid1AC said:
@lestat.. but when I do wipe it.. doesn't it wipe the SD card too? Like when I hit factory settings does it clear SD as well?
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I'm not sure on that as I always use ClockworkMod to factory reset.
It doesn't touch your SDcard.
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@twin.. I'm running gingerbread so what's a good Rom to run with 2.3.5? @ lestat.. OK cool then ill try it through CWM.. thanks man
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ANdroid1AC said:
@twin.. I'm running gingerbread so what's a good Rom to run with 2.3.5? @ lestat.. OK cool then ill try it through CWM.. thanks man
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You'll have to try the ROMs for yourself. I can't say for myself as a dev.

I personally like thrill seeker. The original developer had to give up on it because he's been busy, but another dev (Bdadd34) has picked it up and is continuing to work on it. I like it because its stable and very simple to flash and I don't have to flash to a different baseband (which I've never tried). Also from reading on here for a while I know lestat's acidhazard rom is a favorite among most not only for the thrill here in the US, but also for a lot O3D users. His is a rom kitchen so you pretty much build the rom with features you want. its still a little over my head but lestat has a great reputation on here for being super helpful. I'm sure he'd explain it much better or just check out his website which I'm sure a link is in the post for his rom.
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I'm using Dark's acidhazard rom with acura's beast 1.3 extreme low voltage kernel. I have no complaints and the support from dark is incredible. I'm on v20p too and I haven't experienced any ghost calls yet. *knocks on wood* I would definitely recommend acid hazard..
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I tried to flash thrill seeker to it but it put my phone in a loop so I don't know what's going on.. I don't think I know enough yet. Any suggestions. Play by play would be nice.
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ANdroid1AC said:
I tried to flash thrill seeker to it but it put my phone in a loop so I don't know what's going on.. I don't think I know enough yet. Any suggestions. Play by play would be nice.
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You need to go into cwm using the 3d volume down and power button combo when you see of symbol let off power button then once in cwm recovery then you need to do a factory reset then reboot phone that should fix your problem
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Lg Thrill (p925) on tmobile network v10e ROM HELP
hi everyone.. i was wondering could anyone tell me which roms i could flash on my stock 2.2.2 v10e lg thrill 3D? i liked CM 7.2 but no baseband... i tried a few methods posted around the site here but jus keep gettin bricked and looped at startup screen..thanks goozeness for CWM lol...thanks in advance
oh and probably dumb to ask since all leads have pointed me to a hell NO
but can i get 3g/4g on my thrill using tmobile?? i know smack me now lol but i ran into what someone called "the golden ticket" and when i d/l the zip to my sd whether its internal or external sd.. i cant find it in CWM mode to flash it.

wayno140 said:
You need to go into cwm using the 3d volume down and power button combo when you see of symbol let off power button then once in cwm recovery then you need to do a factory reset then reboot phone that should fix your problem ..
Thanks man but when you factory reset does it clear ur external SD card?
My other question is when I copy n paste it zip file containing the ROM to my phone should it be on internal or external?
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flashing only custom recovery possible ????

guyz previously i was using lg p500 and i found a method to flash only custom recovery on it.
link : ( forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318750 )
Now i am using lg p970 n i m away from home so no computer with me. I just want to know is it possible to flash only custom recovery on lg p970.
If any one can test ,it would be of great help to all lg p970 users.
As i did for lg p500.
we need original partition file and recovery file.
using original partition file and renaming the custom recovery file to name as original recovery file. Flashing them both from flash tool used for lg p970 should install custom recovery without any changes to other memory area.
Is this possible ?
I think "lg extract" gives us partition n other files of system. is it ??
i havent used it. but hope some one of u try if its possible.

There is a cwm inject method on noob guide in general sections stickys i think.
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Yes but if im not wrong using that method whole memory gets flashed. I mean flash only cwm recovery.
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mak.3736 said:
Yes but if im not wrong using that method whole memory gets flashed. I mean flash only cwm recovery.
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Yes u can flash cwm only. Look for cwm touch somewhere here. Redy made a flash script and the corresponding package with cwm touch in it. But you definitly need root, to flash it i think.
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I used this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22121547&postcount=22

t0g3 said:
I used this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22121547&postcount=22
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Does this method requires a rooted device ? Will it work on unrooted devices also ?
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mak.3736 said:
Does this method requires a rooted device ? Will it work on unrooted devices also ?
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I am pretty sure you need root, but just try without... maybe it works
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Galaxy tab i957 AT&T

[Q] is CM10 ready to use by normal user or still under construction ??????
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azaza852 said:
[Q] is CM10 ready to use by normal user or still under construction ??????
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still under construction. as of right now you have to build it yourself, although nrvate may be releasing something depending on how stable it can become.

azaza852 said:
[Q] is CM10 ready to use by normal user or still under construction ??????
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Its stable now check it out.
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Thank u for your reply
& I have a request from u
I want a full steps to instal it from A to Z because i am a normal user not dev
& i will be grateful for u
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Up up up
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Use TWRP
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Up up up
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Hey you need to get TWRP installed and then you should be good from there. Find the TWRP forum back a page then follow the instructions there. If you have never flashed a recovery before there are really good instructions in the CWMR thread. You might try flashing CWM first if you are a noob (I used CWMR for a while and it's a great recovery too) . Basically you need to get odin, and the adb drivers for your device. Turn your device off and put it in download mode (Power button and both volumes, then release power once it vibrates). Have odin ready with your custom recovery in the PDA slot. Once your device plugged in and in d/l mode odin will recognize it (if not you did something wrong).

pussyliquor said:
Its stable now check it out.
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Depends on what you mean by stable. While most features seemed to work okay, for me video play-back was horrible. Videos skipped and lagged. Since video playback is a major thing for me it's a deal breaker as it stands. I hope it in the future it gets fixed. Other than that though.. all was good with it

No rom, no rom in recovery to flash, no backup

Pretty much just that. Not sure what to do. Flashed trickdroid 5.3 and like the ****ty luck I always have with any phone, data stopped transferring to the phone via usb. I could take it off, but when I tried to put **** on it said "Phone has either been disconnected or isn't available" or something like that. Got ARHD 8.0 on my phone via adb push, thought **** was good so I formatted the **** out of my phone, go to flash it and it's a "bad" rom. Lmao ok. ****. Any tips?

You curse a lot. If you can access recovery mode. Download a flash able Stock ROM and install it through recovery.
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neim81094 said:
You curse a lot. If you can access recovery mode. Download a flash able Stock ROM and install it through recovery.
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I can access recovery but have no rom to boot into and don't have a rom on recovery. Did you even read the title?

milesmarrero said:
I can access recovery but have no rom to boot into and don't have a rom on recovery. Did you even read the title?
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Use the all-in-one toolkit in the forum to sideload your ROM.
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You curse a lot *and* you're being an a--hole.
Someone tried to help you. You insulted them. Not cool. How did you ever get 22 people to click the thanks button with posts like these ?
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redbull123 said:
Use the all-in-one toolkit in the forum to sideload your ROM.
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That is the correct answer.
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Best recovery

Hey guys I am just wondering what the best and most stable recovery for my phone would be. I know that CWM is very unstable because I did screw up my phone. So I want to know if WCX or TWRP is better and has less chance of screwing up my phone because I will be flashing a lot due to my dev work.
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Best recovery is twrp he is stable and if come time to time updates......
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WildfireDEV said:
Hey guys I am just wondering what the best and most stable recovery for my phone would be. I know that CWM is very unstable because I did screw up my phone. So I want to know if WCX or TWRP is better and has less chance of screwing up my phone because I will be flashing a lot due to my dev work.
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Agree that TWRP is the best. There is an issue with some that versions 2.4xx would crash and reboot randomly when performing restores and/or installs. Version 2.5 was supposed to correct this, but it didn't for me, so I reverted to 2.3.3.0 and so far so good. YMMV.
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I disagree. I have used all recoveries and the best Imo is wcx recovery. It's most trusted and Alot of ppl will back me up. Hope I helped O btw I read something about doing updates. Lol wcx recovery doesn't need or have updates it's that damn good. Just try it if u don't think it's good then flash that other garbo
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Sounds like wcx (or whatever sorry ) seems legit. Wish y'all had 4ext I'd pop that on my girls phone. Its wicked on my Dinc2.
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FordNate said:
Sounds like wcx (or whatever sorry ) seems legit. Wish y'all had 4ext I'd pop that on my girls phone. Its wicked on my Dinc2.
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you can find sum roms and i know you can find the recovery i have it and i would upload but i cant ask wc for permission he is very sick and closed his site.but just look for it. iy may be here lol but trust me its worth it and that all ive used on htc

Bigc13 said:
you can find sum roms and i know you can find the recovery i have it and i would upload but i cant ask wc for permission he is very sick and closed his site.but just look for it. iy may be here lol but trust me its worth it and that all ive used on htc
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Wcx recovery is available in the super thread And in hansoons toolkit
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rignfool said:
Wcx recovery is available in the super thread And in hansoons toolkit
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I've seen it n a lot of his awesome work. I hate twrp the layout n functions are hard to understand plus it deleted all her backups. . Hope WC gets better. Is wcx universal ? Will it work to flash any ROM ? She's s off n I like it that way.
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FordNate said:
I've seen it n a lot of his awesome work. I hate twrp the layout n functions are hard to understand plus it deleted all her backups. . Hope WC gets better. Is wcx universal ? Will it work to flash any ROM ? She's s off n I like it that way.
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It is device specific. I believe it was made just for this device.

esloan said:
It is device specific. I believe it was made just for this device.
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You are correct sir...
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esloan said:
It is device specific. I believe it was made just for this device.
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I know that part. Just seen in some forums on the vivid they recommend wcx or twrp or cwm only. Can wcx flash anything like I do with 4ext on my dinc2 because I'm a flashoholic
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FordNate said:
I know that part. Just seen in some forums on the vivid they recommend wcx or twrp or cwm only. Can wcx flash anything like I do with 4ext on my dinc2 because I'm a flashoholic
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Not sure what youre trying to ask but maybe i can give an answer. Yes. All recoverys can flash anything,,, WCX's recovery looks like CWM and no where in the vivid forum will it tell you that someone recommends CWM Most people are either twrp or WCX (imo people think one is better but to be truthful they are just they same,.. they both work)
I recommend WCX recovery... I would trust that man with my life

bilibox said:
Not sure what youre trying to ask but maybe i can give an answer. Yes. All recoverys can flash anything,,, WCX's recovery looks like CWM and no where in the vivid forum will it tell you that someone recommends CWM Most people are either twrp or WCX (imo people think one is better but to be truthful they are just they same,.. they both work)
I recommend WCX recovery... I would trust that man with my life
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ditto

[email protected] said:
ditto
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O yeah im hooking hers up with it right now. What i meant was my dinc2 i go from sense to aokp to miui without having to change the recovery from 4ext (cwm based as well) to twrp. I just saw in the vivid forums about certain recoveries only for certain ROMs or twrp v2.3 not 2.4 would be best to flash the ROM.

FordNate said:
O yeah im hooking hers up with it right now. What i meant was my dinc2 i go from sense to aokp to miui without having to change the recovery from 4ext (cwm based as well) to twrp. I just saw in the vivid forums about certain recoveries only for certain ROMs or twrp v2.3 not 2.4 would be best to flash the ROM.
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There were serious bugs with certain versions of TWRP...
And user error for the rest
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After trying out all of the recoveries for our phone I have decided to keep wcx because it works with almost all the time and classified clockworkmod as probably the worst recovery as it some times can mess up the partition table when flashing.
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